Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 06:50:43PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> > Stefan Richter wrote:
> >> Al Boldi wrote:
> >>>   	menuconfig USB_STORAGE
> >>>   	tristate "USB Mass Storage support"
> >>> -	depends on USB && SCSI
> >>> +	depends on USB && BLOCK
> >>> +	select SCSI
> >> Still wrong. SCSI also needs HAS_DMA and SCSI_DMA.
> > 
> > I don't think so.  SCSI selects SCSI_DMA, it doesn't depend on it.
> 
> "A selects B" == "A depends on B, but please don't hide A when B is off
> and silently switch B on when A is switched on".
> 
> config SCSI
> 	tristate "SCSI device support"
> 	depends on BLOCK
> 	select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
> 
> So, SCSI doesn't actually need SCSI_DMA per se, but it apparently needs
> it whenever HAS_DMA != n.
> 
> > So it's safe to select SCSI here, as libata does it the same way.
> 
> Sam, does kconfig recursively follow select statements and switch on
> options which are select'ed by select'ed options?  I suppose it doesn't.

Let's try...
menu "Level 1"

config FOO1
        bool "Want to have FOO1?"
        select FOO2

config FOO2
        bool "Want to have FOO2?"
        select FOO3

config FOO3
        bool "Want to have FOO3?"

endmenu

With the above example it is obvious when running mconf
that it does so.
If you choose FOO1 in mconf and then save the configuration
you will see all symbols saved.


> 
> Maybe this would be better:
> 
>  config SCSI
>  	tristate "SCSI device support"
>  	depends on BLOCK
> -	select SCSI_DMA if HAS_DMA
> 
>  config SCSI_DMA
>  	bool
> -	default n
> +	default y if SCSI && HAS_DMA

This should be semantic equivalent and much easier to understand.

	Sam